[phil]

im guessing you are UC 737 D or something really close to that. thanks for getting the permit, I didn't think anyone else did or cared. make sure you always wear your pfd, even if youre just in 3 feet of water in the river. anyway, onto the important stuff. Ive fished all the aformentioned spots over the last couple years in my hobie revo. I quickly realized it was way more boat than I needed. so I recently got a cheaper 10' perception paddler sit in that's much easier to deal with.

the best spots ive fished are above the dam in Winfield aka bloodgoods pond (thanks jon s for the tip). you can drop in there and paddle all the way up along the parkway to the spillover in cranford. lots of carp everywhere, tough to catch, overpopulated with lots of small bass. bloodgoods gets lily padded up and weeded over really quick. fun to frog fish in the summer. wear long pants and sleeves and go nuclear on mosquito spray(that's anywhere in union cty for me anyway) the river there is a really nice paddle stretch, but not much fish to be caught. you can do the same thing at jacksons pond, drop in and park and paddle up, lots of carp and small bass. when the lake starts to turn to river, stay right. if you go left youre headed for the swamp and 6" of water everywhere. the river stretch there is a little bit of everything. neither the river stretches between bloodgoods or Jacksons for me produce fish better than the lake parts, but i always wind up paddling them anyway.

i hate Milton, never brought my yak there.

my previous house was in clark, walking distance to the ressy. theres no fish in there, you probably already know that. I knew all the people who lived on the water along my stretch. occasionally youll see kids floating there in rowboats, no one bothers them. clark pd has nothing to do with it anymore, its union county owned as of a few years ago. pretty sure the reason its closed is because the county cant figure out a way to get good access for canoes and kayaks. ive pestered the director of parks and rec for years now about it. thanks for reminding me. the ressy is the only really good body of local water im dying to kayak fish. everytime i email him and ask when they are going to open i get a different nonsense answer. i think the best one was when he said its closed to canoes and kayaks because its really deep.